'Faun' definitions:
Definition of 'faun'
From: WordNet
noun
Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
Definition of 'Faun'
From: GCIDE
- Faun \Faun\, n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom. Myth.) A god of fields and shepherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man. [1913 Webster]
- Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'faun'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Cailleac,
- corn spirit,
- Faunus,
- fertility god,
- field spirit,
- forest god,
- Pan,
- panisc,
- panisca,
- paniscus,
- Priapus,
- satyr,
- silenus,
- sylvan deity,
- the goat god,
- vegetation spirit,
- Vidar,
- Vitharr